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Please specify a valid API key
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 3:16 pm
by stuayre
I just signed up for the api key but im having a few issues, i tried the url in my browser but it keeps returning
Please specify a valid API key
is this the correct url to use?
http://api.fanart.tv/webservice/series/<api key here>/80379/json/all/1/2/
i'm trying to get the artwork for The Big Bang Theory
Also how can I get the ID of the big bang theory? I looked it up manually at:
http://thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=80379
and I just took the ID from the end of the url, is that right? is there a way to look up the ID programmatically?
Re: Please specify a valid API key
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 9:43 pm
by Kode
looks right to me, I used my API key and the URL worked fine, so I can only assume you are putting your key in wrong? What is your API key?
Re: Please specify a valid API key
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 10:56 pm
by stuayre
Hmm not sure it's safe to post my api key here but I used the one provided so it should be right, I copy and pasted it too. I'll try it again maybe it just needs time to start working

Re: Please specify a valid API key
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 2:46 am
by stuayre
tried it again but its still not working, can i send you a PM? it says im not authorised to send PMs here, or is it safe to paste my API key?
Re: Please specify a valid API key
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 2:52 am
by stuayre
i've just sent you a PM on the main site

Re: Please specify a valid API key
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 9:37 pm
by Kode
sorry it's taken so long to reply.
basically while the main website is on the new server the API is still running off the old server, so I'm guessing you created an API fairly recently in between the change over.
I'll try moving the API over to it's new server now and see how we get on (your id shows up on the new server already, it's just not what is being hit at the moment)
Re: Please specify a valid API key
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:19 am
by Kode
Should be fine now
Re: Please specify a valid API key
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 11:23 am
by stuayre
Yep all working now

thank you!!
Re: Please specify a valid API key
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:11 am
by ssuukk
Hello,
I'm having exactly the same problem, API key created about an hour ago.
TIA!
Re: Please specify a valid API key
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 3:01 pm
by Kode
Should be ok now, one of the API instances had gone out of sync and wasn't updating so I took it out of the picture and rebuilt it.